continued fraction
noun Mathematics.
a fraction whose denominator contains a fraction whose denominator contains a fraction, and so on.
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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.
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First recorded in 1860–65
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British Dictionary definitions for continued fraction
continued fraction
noun
a number plus a fraction whose denominator contains a number and a fraction whose denominator contains a number and a fraction, and so on
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